Online publisher, Intuition Communication, welcomes new board members to help drive business forward
London, United Kingdom (PRWEB UK) 31 July 2013 -- Intuition Communication, the specialist publisher of online information on private healthcare and medical travel, this week welcomed three new investors to further strengthen the business as it prepares to enter new markets.
The incoming team become directors and shareholders in Intuition’s new parent company (Intuition Communication Holdings Ltd.), along with Intuition founder and chief executive Keith Pollard. They each bring expertise in related industries that will help Intuition launch a number of new services and products over coming months and years.
The three new directors are:
Eric Verdon-Roe: Until 2009 Eric was group managing director of one of the UK’s largest specialist publishers, Haymarket Media Group, where he led its expansion into an international, digitally-oriented business. After leaving Haymarket he restructured the PPA (the UK publishing trade association), and in 2012 he became Chairman of Emissions Analytics, which operates in the UK and US.
Stephen Farish: A journalist turned business leader, Stephen was managing director of the Professional division of Haymarket until 2010. Since then he has worked as a business consultant to leading companies in the marketing and media sectors, and co-founded Red River Blue, a specialist consultancy that provides expert insight and solutions in areas including audience engagement, content strategy and brand and portfolio management.
James Little: James was business development director at Haymarket Media Group from 2001 to 2010, where he was involved in a number of launches, acquisitions and international developments. More recently he has co-founded Red River Blue, providing business consultancy to a range of media and marketing sector clients.
Intuition Communication is a well-known publishing brand within the healthcare sector, offering both consumer-facing and B2B information through websites such as Private Healthcare UK, (http://www.privatehealthcare.co.uk), HarleyStreet.com (http://www.harleystreet.com), Treatment Abroad (http://www.treatmentabroad.com) and International Medical Travel Journal (http://www.imtj.com). The company is widely recognised for expertise in the medical tourism sector and produces regular reports and research on the latest trends and consumer activity.
Intuition chief executive Keith Pollard welcomed his new business partners:
“It’s important to any business to bring in new investment, new ideas and new development impetus. We’re bringing three of the most experienced and dynamic players in the publishing world to help us develop Intuition Communication in new and exciting directions."
“The healthcare market and medical tourism in particular, is constantly growing and evolving. We are close to announcing the first of a number of new products that we’re bringing to market that will ensure we remain as leaders in the online medical publishing world.”
Eric Verdon-Roe commented:
“Intuition has built an impressive reputation for providing high quality products and information for both patients and professionals in the private healthcare and medical travel sectors. Like Keith, we see exciting potential in this market and we look forward to working closely with him and his team to add new services and capabilities to the Intuition portfolio.”
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About Intuition Communication
Intuition Communication is a UK-based online publishing business which specialises in the private healthcare and medical travel sectors. The company’s aim is to help people to make a more informed choice of healthcare services by providing information that is independent, up-to-date and enables comparison between different services and service providers. Intuition manages a network of websites in the healthcare sector, including Private Healthcare UK, the Harley Street Guide and HarleyStreet.com, and Treatment Abroad.
Steve Bustin, Vada Media, http://www.vadamedia.co.uk, 07803 729208, [email protected]
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